TIME MACHINE: It's 2000 And Pocomoke City Is Looking Ahead.

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December, 2000

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  In this case, the highway is the Route 13 bypass, a four lane divided highway used by an average of 18,000 cars a day that pass the usual array of fast-food restaurants, car dealerships, gas stations, motels and strip shopping centers.

  Business leaders say the downtown district pretty much held its own through rapid development along the highway in the 1980's, but the opening three years ago of a 147,000-square-foot Wal-Mart accelerated the closing of shops downtown.

  "Free enterprise is free enterprise, and what it tells us is that we have to adapt if we're going to be successful," says Marc Scher, a third generation merchant whose family opened a downtown clothing store in 1933.  In recent years, Scher has switched focus, concentrating  on a bridal business that attracts clients from as far as Baltimore.

  "I don't think we'll ever see the era when downtown was a big retail center," Scher says.  You have to specialize if you are going to get people to come to you.  I just hate to see an empty store, whether its an office, retail or whatever.  You just want to see the lights on."

   The Baltimore Sun

 
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Local Honors For Vietnam Sacrifice

From OC Today

(Feb. 3, 2017) Barry Berger, the sole Ocean City native to be killed during the Vietnam conflict, will be honored with a memorial in front of City Hall after a request from a local veterans group was approved during the city council meeting on Jan. 17.

Nelson Kelly, Vietnam Veterans of America Ocean City Chapter 1091 president, who presented the proposal to the council, shared some background of the young man who put his own educational pursuits at American University on hold to serve his country, a decision for which he paid the ultimate price.

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TIME MACHINE: 1959 DISTRESS FOR LOWER SHORE BUT OPENING FOR A FUTURE GAIN.

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January, 1959

As a young Navy pilot former President George H.W. Bush was stationed at  the Chincoteague base for a few months in 1943.  As reported in various published accounts he flew low over an area of Crisfield where a circus had setup nearby and a frightened elephant broke away, in turn frightening nearby residents.  Reports were that Bush's low fly-over was an attempt to impress a young Crisfield woman he had met at a USO dance at Chincoteague.

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Close To Home Tie To Super Bowl

"Not only is Atlanta head coach Dan Quinn an alum of

Salisbury University, he is one of the more accomplished

athletes in Sea Gulls football history. Quinn was a four-year

starter from 1990-93 and two-year captain. He also ran track

and field, representing then-Salisbury State in the hammer

throw at the 1994 NCAA championships." 

Read more: https://www.pressboxonline.com/2017/01/25/falcons-head-coach-salisbury-alum-dan-quinn-makes-university-proud

Kids Event

TIME MACHINE: 1854, 1997, 1983.

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OCTOBER, 1854

Richmond Dispatch (Richmond, Va.)

March, 1997

The News Journal (Wilmington)

November, 1983

The Star Democrat (Easton)

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Upcoming Meeting

Submitted by Citizens For A Better Pocomoke 

 

               CITIZENS FOR A BETTER POCOMOKE

COME OUT AND JOIN US

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017

7:00 PM

         POCOMOKE PUBLIC LIBRARY

        ALL ARE WELCOME!

         Topics to be discussed:

             Mayor & District 3 Election April 2017

        Efforts to Reduce Crime

City Clean Up

           Bring your ideas and topics!

Peaceful Transition Of Power

O U R   A M E R I C A N   W A Y !

TIME MACHINE: 1947 Pocomoke City.

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JUNE, 1947

Alertness And Enterprise In A Thriving Town

By FRANK HENRY

Sketches By Col. James P. Wharton,

USA (Retired)

 

 

Beverly, on the Pocomoke River some miles from Pocomoke City, home place of the Dennis family for 150 years.

Entrance to Pocomoke City on Rt. 13 is a drawbridge over the Pocomoke River, deep stream dyed dark brown by the cypress trees growing near it.

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Time Machine Preview..

A 1947 Baltimore Sun feature article about the Pocomoke City of that era.  It's this Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye.

"Monstrous" Art Show This Week

From The Dispatch, Ocean City

‘Monstrous’ Art Show Planned For Berlin Friday

Jan 10,2017 by Bethany Hooper

BERLIN – Artists from Berlin to Brooklyn are coming together on Friday in a collaborative art show that will feature pieces of “monstrous” work.

As in years past, the Berlin Maryland Arts and Entertainment District will host its annual art show Jan. 13 from 5-8 p.m. at The Globe Theatre.

Curator Brian Robertson, of The Berlin Printery, said the overarching theme for their fourth event will coincide with the show’s title, “Monstrous.”

“It is like a regular art show opening but it will be more contemporary than that,” he said. “It gets the artist to think differently.”

This year, artwork must meet two conditions – a 10-by-10 inch size limitation and work that conveys the show’s subject.

Heather Layton, chair for the non-profit and owner of Bungalow Love, said the theme is not meant to restrict artists, but to introduce different perceptions of the word “monstrous”.

“We don’t want artists stressing over the theme,” she said. “It’s meant to be fun.  It’s neat to walk around and see everyone’s interpretation of the theme. It keeps the shows fresh.”

In the three years prior, the shows consisted of broad concepts – small things, medium and big ideas.

Robertson and Layton said artists come with their own interpretations each year and added that some themes introduced a play on words.

For instance, “medium” could describe the material used to make the artwork or the size of the piece.

This year’s theme, “monstrous”, gets its inspiration from the date on which the event takes place, Friday the 13^th. Robertson said the event and its theme will be an opportunity for artists to let loose.

“We couldn’t do our (monthly) art stroll in Januarys because of the weather, so we decided to use that time to create a fundraiser and give time for artists to enjoy the month off,” he said. “They can celebrate.”

Robertson said there is no cost to attend the event and money will be raised through a portion of art sales that take place.

Layton said work will be on display that night on the second floor of The Globe, where it will remain for purchase through the month of January.

“Several pieces usually sell each year,” she said. “We have several attendees that come out each year looking specifically for the year’s themed work and we also have lots of new attendees as well.”

Twenty percent of sales from the event will benefit the Arts and Entertainment District, which will use the money for future public art projects, such as live music events, movie series and murals.

Layton said the district’s new non-profit status will facilitate future fundraising and grant requests, which will support the remaining phases of the organization’s public art mural, displayed on the Northern wall of the town’s welcome center.

“Phase three is scheduled to be completed this spring,” she said. “Each phase is a cost of $5,000, and all monies put towards the mural had been through fundraising as there has not been any town money allotted for (Arts and Entertainment) through the town over the last few years, hence the importance of becoming a nonprofit.

Layton encourages people to attend the reception Friday to meet the artists and purchase their work.

“It’s a nice kick-off to the year, giving us an opportunity to make sure area artists are registered with the Berlin (Arts and Entertainment) district, to hand out tax forms for those who need them and to update everyone on what Arts and Entertainment has planned for the year,” she said.

Officials said as of last Wednesday, 12 artists from Baltimore, Delaware, Brooklyn and other nearby areas have submitted more than 20 pieces of work.

TIME MACHINE: 1968, 1925, 1847, 2008.

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May, 1968

The Daily Times

JANUARY, 1925

The Evening News (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)

January, 1847 

The Tennessean (Nashville, TN)

February, 2008

The Star Democrat (Easton)

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